%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ FontForge The FontForge package contains an outline font editor that lets you create your own postscript, truetype, opentype, cid-keyed, multi-master, cff, svg and bitmap (bdf, FON, NFNT) fonts, or edit existing ones. &lfs10_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &fontforge-md5sum; Download size: &fontforge-size; Estimated disk space required: &fontforge-buildsize; Estimated build time: &fontforge-time; FontForge Dependencies Required , , and Recommended Optional , , , , , and Sphinx (to build html documentation) User Notes: Install FontForge by running the following commands: mkdir build && cd build && cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \ -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \ -Wno-dev .. && make To test the results, issue: make check. Now, as the root user: make install If you have installed sphinx-build, HTML documentation was built and installed in /usr/share/doc/fontforge. To be able to access it as a versioned directory, create a symlink as the root user: ln -sv fontforge /usr/share/doc/fontforge-&fontforge-version; -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release: This switch is used to create an optimized release without debug information. -Wno-dev: This switch is used to suppress warnings intended for the package's developers. -DENABLE_X11=ON: use an X11 backend instead of GDK3 (gtk+-3) for basic Xorg graphics. Installed Programs Installed Library Installed Directories fontforge, fontimage, fontlint and sfddiff libfontforge.so and /usr/lib/python&python3-version;/site-packages/{fontforge,psMat}.so /usr/share/fontforge and optionally /usr/share/doc/fontforge{,-&fontforge-version;} Short Descriptions fontforge is a program that allows you to create and modify font files. fontforge fontimage is a program that produces an image showing representative glyphs of the font. fontimage fontlint is a program that checks the font for certain common errors. fontlint sfddiff is a program that compares two font files. sfddiff